How to Travel to Pisa, Italy
Posted by Nick on March 17, 2010
If you are visiting Italy no trip is complete without seeing the iconic Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Pisa is situated in the Tuscany region of Italy. Traveling to Pisa is pretty easy and if all you really wanna see if the Leaning Tower you can easily make this a 1/2 day side trip. Do check out the town square in Pisa as it rivals that in Venice for best town square in all of Italy.
Transportation options to travel to Pisa, Italy:
- Bus
- Car
- Train
- Airplane
Bus service is available from nearby towns and is clearly the cheapest, and possibly slowest, option. CPT is the bus service that goes to Pisa.
Galileo Galilei International Airport in Pisa is the main airport in the Tuscany region. It is serviced by all the major airlines, including Europe’s budget airlines like easyJet and Ryanair. No flights from the U.S. flight direct to Pisa’s airport.
Plenty of highways travel into Pisa if you want to drive. You can get there from Milan, Rome and Florence.
Two major train routes have stops in Pisa.
- Florence train line
- Rome – Genoa train line
Trenitalia is the national rail service in Italy. Book your tickets in advance or buy them at the train station. The ride from Florence is just one hour.
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